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Aquarius is a focused effort to measure Sea Surface Salinity and will provide the global view of salinity variability needed for climate studies. The mission is a collaboration between NASA and the Space Agency of Argentina (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales). MORE >>

Mission Overview Video

Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts

Colorful images chronicle the seasonal stirrings of our salty world. These and other changes in ocean salinity patterns are revealed by the first full year of surface salinity data captured by NASA's Aquarius instrument English | Spanish

First Aquarius Maps | See where Aquarius is now!

Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study (SPURS)

Mission Status & Events ►

Ocean Salinity Viewed from Sea and Space (SPURS Blog)

[13-May-13] Newsletter from PI Gary Lagerloef about recent and upcoming Aquarius science activities.

[30-Apr-13] Presentations from the 15-17 April "SMOS & Aquarius Science Workshop" are now available for download.

[19/20-Mar-13] The Aquarius Calibration/Validation workshop was held to prepare for V3.0.

News Items ►

[25-Mar-13] Authored by Scott K. Johnson, "How salty is that seawater? Ask the Aquarius satellite" has been published on Ars Technica.

[07-Feb-13] With a grain of salt -- Ocean surface layer captures influence of human activity. Full article available here.

[27-Feb-13] Aquarius Sees Salty Shifts

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